We are thrilled to have Annamaria Leon and Roy Diblik of Homan Grown as our presenters this month!

Annamaria Leon is a Certified Permaculture Designer specializing in edible forest garden design(http://www.edibleforestgardens.com/about_gardening). She is a graduate of the Chicago Botanic Garden's Windy City Harvest holding a certificate in Sustainable Horticulture and Urban Agriculture. Annamaria is also co-owner of Homan Grown, a social enterprise perennial plant nursery located on the West Side of Chicago and Director of a not-for-profit, Permaculture Chicago Teaching Institute (https://www.permaculturechicago.com/).

Roy Diblik is a renowned perennial plant nurseryman, author, and landscape designer. He is co-owner of Northwind Perennial Farm (http://northwindperennialfarm.com/) in Burlington, WI. Roy's book "The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden" received several awards and focuses on the plant communities that nurture and complement one another resulting in lowered maintenance and increased beauty and natural habitat over time.